Obama Plans to Increase Number of Troops in Afghanistan in 2015
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Officials Say Talks With NATO Ongoing on How Many More Troops
Can a career Washington technocrat break into US President Obama's tight-knit inner circle and oversee the world's most powerful military? It looks like former Pentagon official Ashton Carter is about to find out.
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With friends like this, who needs Republicans.
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President Barack Obama has secretly signed an order that expands the United States' direct combat role in Afghanistan throughout 2015, the New York Times reported.
Asserting a legal and constitutional authority he himself said he did not have, President Obama is going rogue, issuing an executive amnesty to 4 to 5 million illegal aliens.
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The president boosts aid spending rather than fixing its flaws
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